Emigrant Campground

The campground, water system, and restrooms at Emigrant have been closed since late August 2025 due to flood damage. The damage to the 5-mile-long water pipe and associated water system is substantial and there is no estimated repair date. First-come, first-served tent-only campground with no additional fee. Located next to CA 190 at 2100' feet in elevation. This is a small campground with 10 sites southwest of Stovepipe Wells Ranger Station.

All sites are first-come, first-served.

Drinking water

Yes - year round

Toilets

Flush Toilets - year round

Trash & recycling

Yes - year round

Amphitheater

No

Camp store

No

Cell reception

No

Dump station

No

Firewood for sale

No

Food storage lockers

No

Host on site

No

Ice for sale

No

Internet

No

Laundry

No

Showers

None

RVs

Not allowed

Trailers

Not allowed

Access roads

Unpaved Roads - All vehicles OK in good weather

Classification

Primitive Camping Areas

Cell service

No service.

40 min from the Furnace Creek Visitor Center. From the visitor center, turn left on CA190 and drive west past Stovepipe Wells. Emigrant Campground is 10 miles southwest of Stovepipe Wells.

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Tents only. Limits: 30 days. No holding or reserving sites. 1 recreational vehicle w/ tow, 2 cars, or 4 motorcylces. 8 people per site. Checkout is 12 PM Noon. Fires: Fires including charcoal grills are prohibited. Gas burning stoves are permitted. Pets: Must be confined or or on a leash no longer than 6 feet. Do not leave unattended. Allowed in developed areas or along roads only. Owners are responsible for cleanup. Wildlife: All unattended food, garbage or cooking equipment must be sealed in a vehicle or an animal-resistant container. Please dispose of all trash in receptacles provided. Do not feed or disturb wildlife. Coyotes and ravens are scavengers.

Campground is a flat, square-shaped, open, rocky, gravel space. 6 to 12 inch rocks are laid out in a line to mark the outside perimeter of the square campground. Lines of loose rocks extend into the open area to mark the boundaries of each of 10 tent spaces. Each space is approximately 30 feet wide by 40 feet deep. A metal picnic table is just inside the outer boundary of each space. The restroom is just outside the campground. A narrow, uneven gravel and rock social trail extends from the north-east corner of the campground 270 feet to a stone building. This building is the Emigrant wash room which sits along an asphalt road to the parking area beyond. Doorways to the bathrooms are behind privacy walls which open toward the parking area, women on the right side and men on the left side of the building. Gender signs are high above the privacy wall entrances. View to the far south is rounded hills with sharply eroded canyons. View to the east is the open end of a valley which opens to the pale brown floor of the rest of Death Valley. Low shrubs and rocky desert terrain surrounds the campground.

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